Ryse: Son of Rome

Pair Of Trailers Tell Tales Of Revenge

When it comes to character motivation for a video game, revenge is tough to beat. Do you think we'd still be talking about Kratos if he mourned his losses quietly, like the rest of us have to? Ryse: Son of Rome is capitalizing on that idea, and a pair of new trailers show two different takes on vengeance.

In the first clip (below) we learn more about Marius Titus, whose family was slaughtered by barbarians. His quest for revenge takes Titus (and players) across the Roman Empire, leaving piles of limbs and pools of blood behind him.

The other new trailer tells the tale of Damocles. Betrayed by his generals and killed in the battlefield, he is given a chance to seek justice by Underworld's sympathetic goddess of vengeance, Nemesis. According to legend, Roman generals carried daggers with Damocles' emblem on them to avoid incurring the dark centurion's wrath.

I do not think this game looks good whatsoever if the gameplay is anything to go by. Linear, QTE heavy, and basically recounts the tale of Gladiator without gladiatorial arenas. I guess reviews will tell.
Crytek is great for one thing though, and that is gorgeous graphics. I'll pretend they were handed to another team after Crysis one.
Also sidenote: what kind of trailer was that? It was basically a long back-of-the-box advertisement.

I love this time period, glad to see someone return to it for an action game, choosing the time when the empire is falling serves as a pretty awesome backdrop. Hopefully, Crytek irons out all the kinks. I wait with bated breath.

I've seen a few negative articles about this game and I think it looks absolutely great and wish I could play it but I went with PS4. I've always loved anything that has to do with the Roman Empire, it kills me not to be able to play this.. Maybe I'll get one sometime way down the road, but this title looks epic.